We build power from the ground up by developing teams of grassroots leaders who mobilize our community in partnership with leading social justice coalitions.

We integrate trainings on topics like organizing, advocacy, power, and privilege so we develop our capacity as leaders.

We host social events like happy hours and weekend picnics in neighborhoods across the county to expand our community of relationships.

3. DIGITAL MOBILIZATION

We blast action alerts to our 10,000 person email list with information on the day's most pressing local issues and instructions on how to contact policymakers.

OUR STORY

We activate a rising generation of Angelenos to join social justice movements that are striving to transform Los Angeles into a fair, flourishing place for everyone.

Advancing justice and defending democracy starts close to home. Los Angeles is an amazing and important place, but our corner of the world isn’t always as progressive as we might think. Local social justice coalitions often lack power to overcome privileged special interests.

LA Forward is changing that by tapping the energy of new activists, especially a rising generation, squeezed between an insecure economy and exorbitant housing costs, saddled with college debt and an uncertain future. We sees our values and interests intertwine with those who’ve long struggled to get by including immigrants, working people, and communities of color.

We are channeling the post-2016 flood of activism into an organizing network that methodically develops grassroots leadership. In places that have lacked a deep social justice base, we mobilize thousands of Angelenos for struggles to:

Fully fund our schools by closing corporate tax loopholes.

Strengthen democracy by empowering grassroots candidates with public funding and ending corporate and developer contributions.

End homelessness by supporting construction of supportive housing and making sure that new development includes affordable housing and doesn’t displace people from their homes.

Build a vibrant city around public space and transit with affordable housing for all, where people of diverse classes, ethnicities, and cultures form communities together.

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This is the website of LA Forward, a 501c3 nonprofit. We do not coordinate with political parties or candidate campaigns in any circumstances. Our affiliated 501c4 nonprofit, LA Forward Action, does occasionally endorse, support, and oppose candidates. We are not associated with any other groups that include Forward in their name — read more about this.